I remember my first e-commerce order many years ago. It was an extremely liberating moment. When I realised that maybe, just maybe I could make a living at this thing. Then it dawned on me that I had no idea what to do next and liberation was replaced with dread.
Get your shop ready to sell with great product descriptions and a fantastic template. Now go ahead and wait for somebody to buy something. If nobody buys anything see the following tip.
Tip
If there is no customer yet then Chapter 6, Killer SEO could help. If not, phone a friend ask them to buy something and refund it in the next recipe.
So you have got somebody to place an order, either a friend or a real customer. When you receive an order VirtueMart will send you an e-mail as shown in the following screenshot:
From your VirtueMart control panel select Orders and Shoppers | Orders. You will see the new order in your control panel as shown in the following screenshot:
Before you do anything...